Privatiser for VS Code

Anonymize sensitive data (IPs, API keys, passwords, PII, cloud identifiers) directly in your editor before sharing with AI assistants.

Features

Detects 100+ secret keywords, API key formats, JWTs, PEM keys, connection strings
Redacts IPs, emails, domains, phone numbers, credit cards, SSNs
Recognizes AWS ARNs, S3 buckets, Azure subscriptions, GCP projects
Keyword-based identifier detection (hostnames, usernames, paths, addresses)
Reversible: deanonymize to restore original values
100% local — nothing leaves your machine

Usage

Select text containing sensitive data
Right-click and choose Privatiser: Anonymize Selection (or press Ctrl+Shift+A / Cmd+Shift+A)
The selected text is replaced with anonymized pseudonyms
Copy and paste into your AI tool
Paste the AI response back, select it, and choose Privatiser: Deanonymize Selection (Ctrl+Shift+D / Cmd+Shift+D)

Prefer to keep your file untouched? Use Copy Anonymized Selection (Ctrl+Shift+J / Cmd+Shift+J) to copy the anonymized version to clipboard without modifying the editor.

Commands

Command	Shortcut	Description
Privatiser: Anonymize Selection	`Ctrl+Shift+A` / `Cmd+Shift+A`	Anonymize selected text in place
Privatiser: Copy Anonymized Selection	`Ctrl+Shift+J` / `Cmd+Shift+J`	Copy anonymized version to clipboard, file unchanged
Privatiser: Anonymize Entire File	`Ctrl+Alt+A` / `Cmd+Alt+A`	Anonymize the entire document
Privatiser: Deanonymize Selection	`Ctrl+Shift+D` / `Cmd+Shift+D`	Restore original values in selection
Privatiser: Deanonymize Entire File	`Ctrl+Alt+D` / `Cmd+Alt+D`	Restore original values in entire document

How It Works

Privatiser uses regex-based pattern matching to detect sensitive values and replaces them with consistent pseudonyms. The mapping is stored per-file in your workspace so you can deanonymize later.

All processing happens locally in your VS Code instance. No data is sent anywhere.